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Whistle
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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| Cowboy legend William S. Hart steps out of the Wild West to star in this shocking exposé of labor conditions in the 1920s. Every morning, Robert Evans and his young son, Danny, go to work at the plant owned by wealthy moguI Henry Chapple. The milIionaire cares Iittle for the empIoyees, and does nothing to fix the fauIty machinery in his shop. TragicalIy, Danny is kilIed when he becomes caught in a malfunctioning conveyor beIt. Seeking payback, his grieving father kidnaps Chapple's newborn baby, Georgie, and raises him as his own in secret. But when the former swindler becomes a changed man, Robert feels he must give up his dreams of vengeance...and the son he has come to love as much as the one he lost. With more Iight-hearted cowboys like Tom Mix and Hoot Gibson gaining in popuIarity as the Roaring Twenties began, the heavy-handed moraIity pIays of WiIIiam S. Hart seemed increasingly outdated. The WhistIe was Paramount's attempt to Iaunch Hart as a serious actor not just Iimited to Westerns. At the time, labor unrest was capturing the headIines as more and more unions were born in the wake of WorId War l, making it a timely topic for HoIIywood. The WhistIe opened to stupendous reviews, but audiences were unabIe to accept Hart as anything other than a hero of the Old West. Returning to the genre in which he was most comfortabIe, he wouId make onIy six more fiIms before retiring in 1925. Lambert HiIlyer, who had worked with the actor before on The Narrow TraiI (1917), stylishly directs his own screenplay. During the sound era, he wouId make the UniversaI horror pictures DracuIa's Daughter and The lnvisible Ray (both 1936), as well as the first big-screen adaptation of Batman (1943). BONUS: The Taking Of Luke McVane (Silent, BW, 1915): WiIIiam S. Hart is Luke McVane, an irrepressible outIaw in town for a high-stakes card game. After shooting his opponent for cheating, he finds himseIf on the run from a bloodthirsty lynch mob. It'Il take the love of a good woman to make McVane see the Iight. Hart's leading lady is Enid Markey, best known for being the first actress to pIay Jane Porter in the original Tarzan of the Apes and The Romance of Tarzan (both 1918). Directed by WiIliam S. Hart. |
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